The Legend of Jinyan (Feng Gui Si Shi Ge / 凤归四时歌)

=The Legend of Jinyan=

Your Highness.

What are you doing?

There are many rebels in the mansion.

We have been ordered to search the mansion.

The Sovereign Prince gave an oral instruction,

inviting you to the Plum Garden.

If you don't arrive in half an hour,

the Sovereign Prince will consider you retired.

Jin'er, have no fear.

I will come up with a plan.

How will that maid be dealt with?

There are tens of torture devices in the Imperial Prison.

We're confident that she'll confess.

You think the horoscope tablet...

She offended the imperial family.

It was such a bold act.

It doesn't matter if the tablet is true or false. Her intention was malicious.

Besides,

she approached you repeatedly.

The Imperial Prison won't let her live.

Your Highness,

where are you going?

You just summoned Prince Jin.

Tell him to wait here.

Your Majesty,

I have no idea

where the horoscope tablet came from.

Perhaps someone framed me.

You mean

your maid framed you.

Why would a maid

frame you?

I don't know.

I grew up with her.

We were as close as biological sisters.

I didn't expect her to do this.

Please judge wisely, Your Majesty.

Princess Consort,

do you think

I'll believe your words?

If I had known about the horoscope tablet,

I would have destroyed it early on.

I wouldn't have allowed her to take it to the mansion,

thus meeting my own doom.

Perhaps she was confused.

That's why she...

Enough!

I pay respect to you, Your Highness.

How is the authenticity of the horoscope tablet important?

You shouldn't blame

a maid for what happened.

Your Highness.

Of course it's important.

The Princess Consort's horoscope is harmful to her husband and ominous.

It could shake the foundations of the imperial family.

Whether the horoscope tablet is true or not,

the Princess Consort should take responsibility.

It stands to reason that her title should be removed.

I'm wronged.

Mother,

it's just an absurd theory proposed at a small rural temple.

It shouldn't be taken seriously.

The horoscope of the Princess Consort

was presented to the Ministry of Rites

and examined by the Administration of Heavenly Observatory.

Is it that

the Administration of Heavenly Observatory

has less credibility than a groundless horoscope tablet?

Prince Yu,

it's better to think the worst than not.

If her horoscope really is ominous

and harmful to the imperial fortune,

what will we do?

That makes no sense, Mother.

I'm a dignified sovereign prince.

How could I possibly be harmed

by a woman's horoscope?

When I appointed her as the Princess Consort,

you disliked her.

Now I want to remove her title,

you defend her.

Are you bent on going against me?

I dare not.

You chose her as the Princess Consort.

I defend her

to save your face.

If you removed her title now,

people would say

you didn't judge her right

and removed her title the day after the wedding.

Good.

Very good.

You've grown up.

I can't control you anymore.

Fine.

Do as you wish.

But

if anything goes haywire in the future,

don't blame me for it.

Sure.

Your Highness.

The Princess Consort is still in there.

What does the Princess Consort have to do with you?

Why aren't you gone?

The Princess Consort is fine.

The whole horoscope tablet incident is over.

Send my order to the Imperial Prison.

You mean

you're pardoning that...

Just send her away.

Yes.

Your Highness,

hold your horses.

The Sovereign Prince asked you to wait for him.

He said he had an important matter to consult you.

Mom.

I miss you so much.

Aunt,

you must be tired.

Would you like a cup of tea?

Xiaoxizi,

you're being active.

What,

you pity the woman?

Or do you want to take the beating for her?

Aunt Yun,

you jest.

I'm just a eunuch.

My heart has no room for women.

I just noticed your weariness.

So...

Get lost,

or I'll punish you after I get done with her.

Got it.

I'll get going right now.

The flogging you gave me today

will be returned to you by the Princess Consort someday.

How dare you speak with such arrogance?

Not even Prince Jin can save you.

There's no hope for you now.

I might as well tell you.

Today will be the day of your death.

Stop.

Guard Zhong.

Guard Zhong.

Is that you?

The Sovereign Prince

ordered me to take her away.

The Sovereign Prince?

Guard Zhong.

The Princess Dowager told me

to bring the convicted maid to her for questioning.

But Prince Yu ordered me to send her away.

Handing her over to you

wouldn't be appropriate.

The Princess Dowager will know how to deal with her.

Don't worry, Guard Zhong.

Fine.

I'll go with you.

Get going.

This ignorant maid

committed such a heinous crime

and got the innocent Princess Consort involved.

How can we let her leave the mansion easily?

The Sovereign Prince gave the order.

She got punished just now.

Zhong Li,

I'd hate to have an inharmonious relationship with my son.

I made a great concession just now

and pardoned the Princess Consort.

But if she got away

with this outrageous crime,

the harem would be flipped upside down.

We must not

pardon this maid.

Guards.

Your Majesty.

You share the Sovereign Prince's interests.

Of course, he's thinking what you're thinking.

The Prince has punished her to reflect on her mistake at the Garden Service Division.

Is that so?

You just said

to send her away.

Your Majesty,

no matter what she has done,

she'll spend her remaining years in the remote Garden Service Division.

Maintaining the harmonious relationship between the Sovereign Prince and you

is the top priority.

Fine.

I'm tired.

All of you are dismissed.